Michelle
I’m offended when I read that blacks communicate differently from whites. I don’t, and neither do a lot of my black friends. Both of my parents were professionals, and I attended good schools, including a private one for two years. I speak the same way whites do. When the author of our book says blacks engage in call and response or talk differently from whites, it makes it sound like blacks are different from whites—like we don’t know how to communicate like they do. If the author isn’t black, how does she know how we communicate?
I’m offended when I read that blacks communicate differently from whites. I don’t, and neither do a lot of my black friends. Both of my parents were professionals, and I attended good schools, including a private one for two years. I speak the same way whites do. When the author of our book says blacks engage in call and response or talk differently from whites, it makes it sound like blacks are different from whites—like we don’t know how to communicate like they do. If the author isn’t black, how does she